Meeting your tenant’s needs
This is an important step in being a successful landlord
The next step in marketing your property is to prepare your property to meet your target tenant’s needs, be it families, young professionals or students.
The next step is to prepare your property to meet your target tenant’s needs, be it families, young professionals or students.
This is a topic we cover in depth in the second article in our ‘landlord lifecycle’ series, The ultimate guide to preparing your property. As well as making sure you’ve got all the legal obligations of being a landlord covered, this is your opportunity to think about what your ideal tenant will be looking for in your property.
Let’s say you’re targeting students, you’ll need to make sure you have provided high speed WiFi, a dedicated study space and double beds. Are there any ‘quick wins’ you could invest in to make the property more appealing?
For example, could you add any security measures to help your tenants feel safer, particularly if your rental property is in a city.
Or are there any green energy or eco updates that might appeal to increasingly environmentally conscious younger tenants? Is there anything you can do to improve kerb appeal and enhance first impressions?
When preparing to rent out your property, avoid over-personalising and aim to create a blank canvas. This way, potential tenants will be able to visualise themselves living there and stamp their own mark on the property.